Chapter 5 Vocab
Across
- 8. functions like a business but uses the money it makes to fund the cause identified in its charter
- 9. a word, name, symbol, sound, or color that identifies a good or service
- 14. the discipline that keeps track of a company's financial situation
- 15. consists of a group of establishments primarily engaged in producing or handling the same product or group of products
- 16. businesses choose to compete on the basis of factors that aren't related to price; factors include quality of the products, service, financing, business location and reputation
- 17. based on the demand for consumer goods and services
- 22. a business that sells its products only in its own country
- 24. exclusive control over a product or the means of producing it
- 25. government-financed agencies
- 26. risk the potential for loss or failure
Down
- 1. seeks to make a profit from its operations
- 2. the process of creating, growing, manufacturing, or improving on goods and services
- 3. involves anything that is authored by and individual such as writings, music, and artwork
- 4. buy goods from wholesalers or directly from manufacturerers and resell them to the consumer
- 5. the function of business that involves money management
- 6. business that sells its products in more than one country
- 7. business ownership by ordinary people, not the government(free enterprise)
- 10. the process of achieving company goals by effective use of resources through planning, organizing and controlling
- 11. businesses not associated with government agencies
- 12. gives you alone own the rights to that item or idea
- 13. focuses on the sale price of a product and assumes that, all other things being equal, consumers will buy the products lowest in price
- 18. refers to consumer willingness and the ability to buy products
- 19. the money earned from conducting business after all costs and expenses have been paid
- 20. obtain goods from manufacturers and resell them to organizational users, other wholesalers, or retailers(also called distributers)
- 21. an essential part of the free enterprise system that forces businesses to produce better-quality goods and services at reasonable prices
- 23. the amount of goods producers are willing to make and sell